USRN - Mar 29, 2001
(3/29/01, 1 p.m. ET) -- Fastball and Collective Soul hit the road together for 15 dates beginning tonight (March 29) in Tucson, Arizona. Both bands are touring behind releases from the year 2000, Fastball...
More »USRN - Mar 15, 2001
(3/15/01, 5 p.m. ET) -- Fastball helped kick off the South By Southwest Music Conference 2001 in its hometown of Austin, Texas on Thursday (March 15), with a set that showcased much of its 2000 album...
More »USRN - Sep 6, 2000
(9/6/00, 6 p.m. ET) - Fastball has given fans in Australia an EP of rarities including live versions of two of its biggest hits and a pair of covers of songs by 80 cult heroes. The You re An Ocean EP,...
More »USRN - Aug 22, 2000
(8/23/00, 1 p.m. ET) - Fastball kicked off its sneak preview club tour for its upcoming release The Harsh Light Of Day on Monday night (August 21) at the Viper Room on in Los Angeles. Supplemented by...
More »USRN - Aug 21, 2000
(8/21/00, 1 p.m. ET) - Fastball will road test songs from its upcoming album, The Harsh Light Of Day, on a series of club dates across the country beginning at the renowned Viper Room in West Hollywood...
More »USRN - Jul 31, 2000
(8/1/00, 12 p.m. ET) - Fastball is set to release The Harsh Light Of Day, its follow-up to All The Pain Money Can Buy, on September 19. LAUNCH asked Fastball co-writer/guitarist Miles Zuniga if he thought...
More »USRN - Jun 29, 2000
(6/29/00, 3 p.m. ET) - Austin, Texas, trio Fastball will release its new album, The Harsh Light Of Day, on September 19. The first single, You re An Ocean, features a cameo by piano man extraordinaire...
More »USRN - Apr 24, 2000
(4/25/00, 1 p.m. ET) - Fastball s follow-up to All The Pain Money Can Buy will be The Harsh Light Of Day, which should see the light of day in September. Only two titles have been revealed for the album...
More »USRN - Jan 21, 2000
(1/21/00, 6 p.m. ET) - Fastball will enter a Los Angeles studio on Jan. 31 to begin recording the follow-up to its 1998 breakout smash album, All The Pain Money Can Buy, a source close to the band told...
More »USRN - Aug 27, 1999
(8/26/99, 1 p.m. PDT) - Tour partners Sugar Ray and Fastball have become a mutual admiration society. In fact, Sugar Ray bassist Murphy Karges has nothing but positive things to say about the tour and...
More »USRN - Mar 22, 1999
(3/22/99, 1 a.m. PST) - A day after Fastball dominated the annual Austin Music Awards on March 17, taking the honors for band of the year, best pop band, song and single of the year ( The Way ), album...
More »USRN - Dec 2, 1998
(12/3/98, 1 a.m. PST) - Before moving to Austin, Texas five years ago, Fastball bassist Tony Scalzo cut his teeth in the then-underground Orange County, Calif. punk scene, playing guitar in both Tender...
More »USRN - Oct 22, 1998
(10/20/98, 6 p.m. PDT) - No. 1 In Finland! That was the headline in a back-page ad for Fastball in a recent issue of the music industry trade magazine Billboard. In much smaller type, the ad went on to...
More »USRN - Jun 24, 1998
(6/24/98) - The Summer tour bummers (myLAUNCH, 6/22) are continuing, at least for concertgoers in St. Paul, Minn., as the opening date of the H.O.R.D.E. Festival has been cancelled due to poor ticket...
More »USRN - Jun 8, 1998
(6/8/98) - Southern California radio station KROQ, one of the most influential rock stations in the country, has set its lineup for its sixth annual Weenie Roast summertime concert. As usual, it features...
More »USRN - May 4, 1998
(5/4/98) - British music giant EMI issued a statement to the London Stock Exchange on April 30th confirming that it has received an approach about a possible offer for the company. The company, home to...
More »USRN - Apr 22, 1998
(4/22/98) - Smashing Pumpkins, Paula Cole, Marcy Playground and Fastball have been added to a H.O.R.D.E. festival lineup that already includes Blues Traveler, Ben Harper, Alana Davis and Barenaked Ladies...
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